Posted on 22 January 2016

Cambridge Cognition have announced a partnership with Philips Healthcare and the Lancashire and Cumbria Innovation Alliance (LCIA) to support the elderly, people with dementia and other long term conditions to remain well in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

The project, along with six others from around the country, was unveiled by NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday 22nd January 2016.

The new partnership is part of the first wave of NHS 'Test Beds' - collaborations between the NHS and innovators which aim to harness technology to address some of the most complex issues facing patients and the health service. Successful innovations will then be made available in other parts of the UK to adopt and adapt to the particular needs of their local populations.

The NHS LCIA Test Bed project will empower patients to better monitor and manage their own health, at the same time as giving the frontline workforce the tools to be able to do their jobs more efficiently; improving the quality and timeliness of the care they provide to patients.

Over the next two years the project will enable frontline health and care workers to use a range of novel technologies and interventions to support the elderly and improve patient outcomes. Keeping people well in the community will increase the quality of care provided and reduce the burden on health services, freeing up capacity within hospitals and the wider health and social care services.

Cambridge Cognition will be supporting the project by providing the screening tool, CANTAB Mobile, an iPad based test for healthcare professionals to detect the earliest signs of clinically significant memory impairment indicative of Alzheimer's disease. The test takes just 10 minutes and differentiates between depression and memory impairments, which can often be confused, leading to timely intervention.

Dr Jenny Barnett, Director of Healthcare Innovation at Cambridge Cognition, commented: 'CANTAB Mobile is widely used within the NHS to detect the earliest signs of clinically relevant memory impairment and we are delighted to be able to support the LCIA partnership to accurately triage patients so that healthcare workers can promote better outcomes for patients and their families.'

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